Revisiting the predictions of 2013

Each year I consult the magic martini shaker to make a list of predictions and then, because I’m a masochist, I revisit them at the end of the year to see how well I did. This year I did better than most. Any better, and TLC channel will offer me a reality television show as the psychic of Waukesha. The original prediction is followed by the scoring.

(Definition: Scoring “To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.”

Justice Patience “Pat” Roggensack will win re-election.

Yes, yes she did.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will not receive an appointment from President Barack Obama.

No, no he didn’t.

The John Doe investigation into the county administration under Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County Executive will produce no further prosecutions.

That is correct, sir. (Thanks Ed.)

Tony Evers will win re-election at State Superintendent for the Department of Public Instruction. The legislature will then take away more of his responsibilities.

Yes, and goodbye Indian mascot review.

Neither branch of the legislature will vote to abolish the Secretary of State position or the State Treasurer position.

The Great Seal is still in Doug LaFollette’s hands (unless he lost it again) and the State Treasurer is still handing out money to the public.

Voter ID will prevail in court.

Getting closer, but not yet.

There will be unsuccessful attempts made to recall Justices David Prosser, Annette Ziegler and Michael Gableman.

The good news is that I was wrong.

I will become a paid spokesman for Snickers.

Define “paid.”

The city of Waukesha will not break ground on a convention center. No agreement will be reached between the city and the developers on financing.

Bill Huelsman is on Mayor Jeff Scrima’s naughty list. This project is dead like a parrot on Monty Python.